HARVEY ELLIOTT will become Liverpool’s youngest player to start in the Champions League after he was named to start against Inter Milan. The Reds are kicking off their Champions League knockout campaign against Italian champions Inter. And Elliott, 18, is set to become Liverpool’s youngest ever starter in the competition. He will overtake current team-mate […]
HARVEY ELLIOTT will become Liverpool’s youngest player to start in the Champions League after he was named to start against Inter Milan.
The Reds are kicking off their Champions League knockout campaign against Italian champions Inter.
And Elliott, 18, is set to become Liverpool’s youngest ever starter in the competition.
He will overtake current team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold, who started his first Champions League game close to his 19th birthday.
What makes the record even more sweeter is Liverpool fan Elliott attended the 2018 final against Real Madrid.
And now he is starting in the competition for the club he has supported since he was a child.
Elliott will start in Liverpool‘s midfield-three alongside Thiago and in front of anchor Fabinho.
On Elliott’s start, Liverpool and Manchester United legend Michael Owen said: “It’s brilliant and considering what he has gone through as well.
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“He obviously came into the side, he made a huge first impression.
“And then the real cruel fortune in terms of getting a huge injury.
“I am absolutely astounded he has come back so quick, looking so sharp still, and I think this is the biggest vote of confidence.
“To be put straight back in it in this size of a game, away in the Champions league is a huge vote of confidence.
“Nothing more than he deserves, he has obviously worked very, very hard when injured to get back.”
The youngster missed 30 games for the Reds after suffering a horrific fracture-dislocation of the ankle.
Elliott made his comeback to first-team action against Cardiff in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup in January.
